High-Value Cambridge Audio AXC35 CD Player Focuses on One Goal – Excellent-Sounding CD Playback – and Comes Up Aces: 

Cambridge Audio built the entry-level high-end AXC35 CD player with just one thing in mind: Excellent-sounding playback. The kind of reproduction that's rich, detailed, full, and involving. Sonic quality is maximized, clutter and bells-and-whistles minimized. From front to back, AXC35 personifies the "simpler is better" concept, and its performance shows why such a strategy pays dividends for music listeners. Not to mention the elegant aesthetics, inspired from the company's flagship Edge Series, that include a white display screen, lunar-grey front panel, and wedge-foot support that makes AXC35 appear to float.

Offering gapless playback, a remote control, and a digital coaxial output for stellar flexibility, AXC35 is built around a top-notch Wolfson WM9524 DAC found in far pricier players. Other high-grade components, including a two-pole Butterworth filter to smoothly cut out noise, as well as ultra-short signal path board design to minimize noise, enhance the appeal. As does an all-metal case. Despite the low cost, there's no cheap plastic here like those found on most players in this price range. Circuit boards and DAC stages use surface mounts on both sides, keeping signal paths as short as possible and eliminating wire links.

Akin to the other entry-level components in Cambridge Audio's AX Series line, AXC35 astounds with bravura performance and enviable build quality that are almost unimaginable for such a low cost. 100% Music Direct Satisfaction Guaranteed.

"The Cambridge Audio AXC35 and AXA35 CD player and amplifier have a great deal to recommend them. They are stylish, well made, and combine to offer a wealth of facilities and connectivity. In sonic terms, both are fine performers and uphold the Cambridge Audio tradition of offering budget separates that comfortably punch above their weight."
– Hi-Fi News, Highly Commended review

"Cambridge Audio has delivered a slim, fuss-free CD player that fits beautifully within its AX range. It presents enough clarity and detail for a perfectly capable, listenable sound at the price."
– What Hi-Fi?

"The build quality is superb and Cambridge Audio hasn't cut any corners on the sound quality either. Highly recommended."
– Forbes